The five members of the committee appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776 were Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and

Which constitutional amendment (ratified in December, 1865) formally abolished slavery in the United States?

In 1798, Congress passed a Sedition Act, which made it punishable by fine or by imprisonment to publicly criticize Congress or the President (despite the obvious contradiction of the First Amendment to the Constitution). Which President signed this odious legislation into law?

The southern movement to secede from the Union began about a month after this man won the presidency, despite receiving no electoral votes from any of the slave states.  He was:

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 made the war a war to end slavery in addition to the original Union goal, which was to:

The “corrupt bargain” of 1824 involved the Speaker of the House of Representatives using his influence to determine the presidential election in return for an appointment by the incoming president to the position of Secretary of State. Who was this famous Speaker of the House?

The one and only President of the Confederate States of America was:

The southern movement to secede from the Union began about a month after this man won the presidency, despite receiving no electoral votes from any of the slave states.  He was:

The highest-ranking American general in the war against Mexico (nicknamed “Old Fuss and Feathers”) completed his successful military campaign by fighting his way from the Mexican gulf coast to Mexico City, forcing a Mexican surrender.  Who was he?

The 1781 battle in Virginia, which became the last battle of the Revolutionary War, was fought at: